Louise Purdue

Biographic Data

ID	4121935
NAME	Louise Purdue
GIVEN NAMES	Louise
FAMILY NAME	Purdue
SIGNATURE	PURDUE L
AFFILIATIONS	Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
ORCID	0000-0002-4543-4481
VERIFIED	Yes
TOTAL WORKS	18
TOTAL CITATIONS	55
AUTHOR COUNT	18
EDITOR COUNT	0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR	2010
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR	2025
H-INDEX	3

Bridging the Late Antique Gap in Northwest Arabia
Open AccessJérôme Rohmer, Abdulrahman Abdulaziz Alsuhaibani et al.ARTICLEArabian archaeology and epigraphy2025References: 4
In 2019, the Dadan Archaeological Project (CNRS/RCU/AFALULA) identified a Late Antique village 1 km south of ancient Dadan in the al‐ʿUlā valley (northwest Saudi Arabia). Three excavation seasons at this site (2021–2023) have uncovered a massive building constructed in the late third or early fourth cent. CE —likely over a former Minaean settlement of the third–first cent. BCE —and used until the first half of the seventh cent. CE . These excavat…
New Sediment Record of Late Pleistocene-Holocene Wind Dynamics, Hydro-Sedimentary Processes and Climate Change in the al-Hajar Mountains (Oasis of Masafi, UAE)
Open AccessLouise Purdue, Sophie Costa et al.ARTICLEOpen Quaternary2025Cited by: 1
In arid environments, continental records of climate change are rare. In southeast Arabia, where most of the landscape is dominated by the ophiolithic al-Hajar mountains, palaeoclimatic data are mainly derived from sedimentary records on the piedmonts. In the mountains themselves, where human occupation could have prevailed during periods of climatic stress, sedimentary archives are weakly preserved. Recent studies have revealed the existence of …
Mesolithic Occupations During the Boreal Climatic Fluctuations at La Baume de Monthiver (Var, France)
Open AccessGiulia Ricci, Benjamin Audiard et al.ARTICLEOpen Archaeology2023References: 21
The Mesolithic technology in Western Europe depicts the last cultural expressions and adaptations of hunter-gatherers before the adoption of Neolithic agro-pastoral practices. Many questions arise when investigating the timing, nature, and historical significance of the Mesolithic. The development of the Mesolithic culture is usually associated with the onset of milder environmental conditions at the beginning of the Holocene. Hunter-gatherer soc…
An oasis soil reference collection for the identification and study of ancient cultivated soils in arid environments (Oasis of Masafi, United Arab Emirates)
Open AccessSophie Costa, Louise Purdue et al.ARTICLEGeoarchaeology2021Cited by: 1References: 14
Oasis soils result from the combined action of natural and anthropic processes, and thus constitute valuable systems for the understanding of human–environment trajectories over the millennia. The present research aims to develop the study of ancient oasis soils by identifying proxies to detect past agricultural practices. Ten reference pits were dug in Masafi, in both cultivated plots (irrigated plots with palm trees/fruit trees/cereals; manure/…
How to highlight slash-and-burn agriculture in ancient soils? A modern baseline of agrarian fire imprint in the Guatemalan lowlands using charcoal particle analysis
Open AccessLydie Dussol, Boris Vannière et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science…2020Cited by: 1References: 19
Exploitation of groundwater in the oasis of Masāfī (UAE)
Open AccessJulien Charbonnier, Maël Crépy et al.ARTICLEArabian archaeology and epigraphy2020Cited by: 3References: 5
In order to understand the role of water resources in the establishment and long‐term evolution of settlements investigated by the French Archaeological Mission in the UAE in the oasis of Masāfī, wells and springs of all periods, identified at the surface and in stratified contexts, were mapped and studied thanks to a multidisciplinary approach combining archaeology, geomorphology, geoarchaeology and ethnography. Our study demonstrates that: The …
Geoarchaeology of Holocene oasis formation, hydro-agricultural management and climate change in Masafi, southeast Arabia (UAE)
Open AccessLouise Purdue, Julien Charbonnier et al.ARTICLEQuaternary Research2019
Oases are subject to decreasing resources and changing human activities. Fully aware of their rich heritage, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have undertaken work to preserve and revitalize these oases. However, there is a clear lack of understanding of the dynamic links between climate change, hydraulic and agricultural management, and socioeconomic activities. To clarify these links, our team conducted a systematic geoarchaeological, geophysical,…
Fin du Pléistocène et début de l’Holocène dans la vallée du Jabron (Var, France)
Guillaume Porraz, A Tomasso et al.ARTICLEBulletin de la Société…2018
Porraz Guillaume, Tomasso Antonin, Mologni Carlo, Audiard Benjamin, Hoareau Leïla, Julien Marie-anne, Padovan Marco, Sardelli Giorgia, Simon Patrick, Purdue Louise. Fin du Pléistocène et début de l’Holocène dans la vallée du Jabron (Var, France) : les occupations humaines à la Baume de Monthiver. In: Bulletin de la Société préhistorique française, tome 115, n°2, 2018. pp. 390-393
Gravettian weaponry
Open AccessA Tomasso, Veerle Rots et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science2018Cited by: 32References: 24
Taming Surface Water in Pre-Islamic Southeast Arabia
Julien Charbonnier, Louise Purdue et al.ARTICLEJournal of Field Archaeology2017Cited by: 2References: 11
In semi-arid to arid environments, water is the most constraining resource for agricultural communities. In Southeast Arabia (Sultanate of Oman and United Arab Emirates), the demographic growth and the increase of sites at the beginning of the Iron Age II (1100–600 b.c.) is generally attributed to the development of groundwater harvesting techniques, and more precisely to qanāt technology. While only little is known on the origin of this technolo…
Dynamiques croisées des milieux et des sociétés dans les basses terres tropicales mayas
Open AccessCyril Castanet, Louise Purdue et al.ARTICLELes Nouvelles de l archéologie2016Cited by: 2References: 1
La gestion des ressources en milieu intertropical a de tout temps constitué un enjeu crucial pour l’essor et la prospérité des sociétés complexes. L’éco-socio-système de Naachtun, grande cité maya de la période Classique (250-950 apr. J.-C.), est au cœur de cette problématique. Il est étudié sous l’angle de la variabilité des ressources en eau et en sol, laquelle dépend du climat de l’environnement et des sociétés. L’hydrosystème et l’agrosystème…
Construction, maintenance and abandonment of hydraulic systems
Open AccessLouise PurdueARTICLEWater History2015Cited by: 2References: 25
Canal through time
Open AccessLouise Purdue, Ferréol Salomon et al.ARTICLEWater History2015References: 3
Introduction to the special issue
Open AccessFerréol Salomon, Louise Purdue et al.ARTICLEWater History2014Cited by: 1References: 5
An integrated socio-environmental approach to the study of ancient water systems
Open AccessLouise Purdue, Louise E Purdue et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science2014Cited by: 8References: 31
Les Prés-de-Laure, un premier site du Paléolithique supérieur sur les terrasses de la moyenne vallée du Jabron (Var, France)
Guillaume Porraz, A Tomasso et al.ARTICLEBulletin de la Société…2014Cited by: 2References: 1
Porraz Guillaume, Tomasso Antonin, Purdue Louise. Les Prés-de-Laure, un premier site du Paléolithique supérieur sur les terrasses de la moyenne vallée du Jabron (Var, France). In: Bulletin de la Société préhistorique française, tome 111, n°1, 2014. pp. 135-138
Rivers of the Hadramawt watershed (Yemen) during the Holocene
Open AccessJean-François Berger, Jean-Paul Bravard et al.ARTICLEQuaternary International2012
Micromorphological study of irrigation canal sediments
Open AccessLouise Purdue, Wesley Miles et al.ARTICLEQuaternary International2010

Gravettian weaponry
Open AccessA Tomasso, Veerle Rots et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science2018Cited by: 32References: 24
An integrated socio-environmental approach to the study of ancient water systems
Open AccessLouise Purdue, Louise E Purdue et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science2014Cited by: 8References: 31
Exploitation of groundwater in the oasis of Masāfī (UAE)
Open AccessJulien Charbonnier, Maël Crépy et al.ARTICLEArabian archaeology and epigraphy2020Cited by: 3References: 5
In order to understand the role of water resources in the establishment and long‐term evolution of settlements investigated by the French Archaeological Mission in the UAE in the oasis of Masāfī, wells and springs of all periods, identified at the surface and in stratified contexts, were mapped and studied thanks to a multidisciplinary approach combining archaeology, geomorphology, geoarchaeology and ethnography. Our study demonstrates that: The …
Taming Surface Water in Pre-Islamic Southeast Arabia
Julien Charbonnier, Louise Purdue et al.ARTICLEJournal of Field Archaeology2017Cited by: 2References: 11
In semi-arid to arid environments, water is the most constraining resource for agricultural communities. In Southeast Arabia (Sultanate of Oman and United Arab Emirates), the demographic growth and the increase of sites at the beginning of the Iron Age II (1100–600 b.c.) is generally attributed to the development of groundwater harvesting techniques, and more precisely to qanāt technology. While only little is known on the origin of this technolo…
Dynamiques croisées des milieux et des sociétés dans les basses terres tropicales mayas
Open AccessCyril Castanet, Louise Purdue et al.ARTICLELes Nouvelles de l archéologie2016Cited by: 2References: 1
La gestion des ressources en milieu intertropical a de tout temps constitué un enjeu crucial pour l’essor et la prospérité des sociétés complexes. L’éco-socio-système de Naachtun, grande cité maya de la période Classique (250-950 apr. J.-C.), est au cœur de cette problématique. Il est étudié sous l’angle de la variabilité des ressources en eau et en sol, laquelle dépend du climat de l’environnement et des sociétés. L’hydrosystème et l’agrosystème…
Construction, maintenance and abandonment of hydraulic systems
Open AccessLouise PurdueARTICLEWater History2015Cited by: 2References: 25
Les Prés-de-Laure, un premier site du Paléolithique supérieur sur les terrasses de la moyenne vallée du Jabron (Var, France)
Guillaume Porraz, A Tomasso et al.ARTICLEBulletin de la Société…2014Cited by: 2References: 1
Porraz Guillaume, Tomasso Antonin, Purdue Louise. Les Prés-de-Laure, un premier site du Paléolithique supérieur sur les terrasses de la moyenne vallée du Jabron (Var, France). In: Bulletin de la Société préhistorique française, tome 111, n°1, 2014. pp. 135-138
New Sediment Record of Late Pleistocene-Holocene Wind Dynamics, Hydro-Sedimentary Processes and Climate Change in the al-Hajar Mountains (Oasis of Masafi, UAE)
Open AccessLouise Purdue, Sophie Costa et al.ARTICLEOpen Quaternary2025Cited by: 1
In arid environments, continental records of climate change are rare. In southeast Arabia, where most of the landscape is dominated by the ophiolithic al-Hajar mountains, palaeoclimatic data are mainly derived from sedimentary records on the piedmonts. In the mountains themselves, where human occupation could have prevailed during periods of climatic stress, sedimentary archives are weakly preserved. Recent studies have revealed the existence of …
An oasis soil reference collection for the identification and study of ancient cultivated soils in arid environments (Oasis of Masafi, United Arab Emirates)
Open AccessSophie Costa, Louise Purdue et al.ARTICLEGeoarchaeology2021Cited by: 1References: 14
Oasis soils result from the combined action of natural and anthropic processes, and thus constitute valuable systems for the understanding of human–environment trajectories over the millennia. The present research aims to develop the study of ancient oasis soils by identifying proxies to detect past agricultural practices. Ten reference pits were dug in Masafi, in both cultivated plots (irrigated plots with palm trees/fruit trees/cereals; manure/…
How to highlight slash-and-burn agriculture in ancient soils? A modern baseline of agrarian fire imprint in the Guatemalan lowlands using charcoal particle analysis
Open AccessLydie Dussol, Boris Vannière et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science…2020Cited by: 1References: 19
Introduction to the special issue
Open AccessFerréol Salomon, Louise Purdue et al.ARTICLEWater History2014Cited by: 1References: 5

Micromorphological study of irrigation canal sediments
Open AccessLouise Purdue, Wesley Miles et al.ARTICLEQuaternary International2010
Rivers of the Hadramawt watershed (Yemen) during the Holocene
Open AccessJean-François Berger, Jean-Paul Bravard et al.ARTICLEQuaternary International2012
Introduction to the special issue
Open AccessFerréol Salomon, Louise Purdue et al.ARTICLEWater History2014Cited by: 1References: 5
An integrated socio-environmental approach to the study of ancient water systems
Open AccessLouise Purdue, Louise E Purdue et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science2014Cited by: 8References: 31
Les Prés-de-Laure, un premier site du Paléolithique supérieur sur les terrasses de la moyenne vallée du Jabron (Var, France)
Guillaume Porraz, A Tomasso et al.ARTICLEBulletin de la Société…2014Cited by: 2References: 1
Porraz Guillaume, Tomasso Antonin, Purdue Louise. Les Prés-de-Laure, un premier site du Paléolithique supérieur sur les terrasses de la moyenne vallée du Jabron (Var, France). In: Bulletin de la Société préhistorique française, tome 111, n°1, 2014. pp. 135-138
Construction, maintenance and abandonment of hydraulic systems
Open AccessLouise PurdueARTICLEWater History2015Cited by: 2References: 25
Canal through time
Open AccessLouise Purdue, Ferréol Salomon et al.ARTICLEWater History2015References: 3
Dynamiques croisées des milieux et des sociétés dans les basses terres tropicales mayas
Open AccessCyril Castanet, Louise Purdue et al.ARTICLELes Nouvelles de l archéologie2016Cited by: 2References: 1
La gestion des ressources en milieu intertropical a de tout temps constitué un enjeu crucial pour l’essor et la prospérité des sociétés complexes. L’éco-socio-système de Naachtun, grande cité maya de la période Classique (250-950 apr. J.-C.), est au cœur de cette problématique. Il est étudié sous l’angle de la variabilité des ressources en eau et en sol, laquelle dépend du climat de l’environnement et des sociétés. L’hydrosystème et l’agrosystème…
Taming Surface Water in Pre-Islamic Southeast Arabia
Julien Charbonnier, Louise Purdue et al.ARTICLEJournal of Field Archaeology2017Cited by: 2References: 11
In semi-arid to arid environments, water is the most constraining resource for agricultural communities. In Southeast Arabia (Sultanate of Oman and United Arab Emirates), the demographic growth and the increase of sites at the beginning of the Iron Age II (1100–600 b.c.) is generally attributed to the development of groundwater harvesting techniques, and more precisely to qanāt technology. While only little is known on the origin of this technolo…
Fin du Pléistocène et début de l’Holocène dans la vallée du Jabron (Var, France)
Guillaume Porraz, A Tomasso et al.ARTICLEBulletin de la Société…2018
Porraz Guillaume, Tomasso Antonin, Mologni Carlo, Audiard Benjamin, Hoareau Leïla, Julien Marie-anne, Padovan Marco, Sardelli Giorgia, Simon Patrick, Purdue Louise. Fin du Pléistocène et début de l’Holocène dans la vallée du Jabron (Var, France) : les occupations humaines à la Baume de Monthiver. In: Bulletin de la Société préhistorique française, tome 115, n°2, 2018. pp. 390-393
Gravettian weaponry
Open AccessA Tomasso, Veerle Rots et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science2018Cited by: 32References: 24
Geoarchaeology of Holocene oasis formation, hydro-agricultural management and climate change in Masafi, southeast Arabia (UAE)
Open AccessLouise Purdue, Julien Charbonnier et al.ARTICLEQuaternary Research2019
Oases are subject to decreasing resources and changing human activities. Fully aware of their rich heritage, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have undertaken work to preserve and revitalize these oases. However, there is a clear lack of understanding of the dynamic links between climate change, hydraulic and agricultural management, and socioeconomic activities. To clarify these links, our team conducted a systematic geoarchaeological, geophysical,…
How to highlight slash-and-burn agriculture in ancient soils? A modern baseline of agrarian fire imprint in the Guatemalan lowlands using charcoal particle analysis
Open AccessLydie Dussol, Boris Vannière et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science…2020Cited by: 1References: 19
Exploitation of groundwater in the oasis of Masāfī (UAE)
Open AccessJulien Charbonnier, Maël Crépy et al.ARTICLEArabian archaeology and epigraphy2020Cited by: 3References: 5
In order to understand the role of water resources in the establishment and long‐term evolution of settlements investigated by the French Archaeological Mission in the UAE in the oasis of Masāfī, wells and springs of all periods, identified at the surface and in stratified contexts, were mapped and studied thanks to a multidisciplinary approach combining archaeology, geomorphology, geoarchaeology and ethnography. Our study demonstrates that: The …
An oasis soil reference collection for the identification and study of ancient cultivated soils in arid environments (Oasis of Masafi, United Arab Emirates)
Open AccessSophie Costa, Louise Purdue et al.ARTICLEGeoarchaeology2021Cited by: 1References: 14
Oasis soils result from the combined action of natural and anthropic processes, and thus constitute valuable systems for the understanding of human–environment trajectories over the millennia. The present research aims to develop the study of ancient oasis soils by identifying proxies to detect past agricultural practices. Ten reference pits were dug in Masafi, in both cultivated plots (irrigated plots with palm trees/fruit trees/cereals; manure/…
Mesolithic Occupations During the Boreal Climatic Fluctuations at La Baume de Monthiver (Var, France)
Open AccessGiulia Ricci, Benjamin Audiard et al.ARTICLEOpen Archaeology2023References: 21
The Mesolithic technology in Western Europe depicts the last cultural expressions and adaptations of hunter-gatherers before the adoption of Neolithic agro-pastoral practices. Many questions arise when investigating the timing, nature, and historical significance of the Mesolithic. The development of the Mesolithic culture is usually associated with the onset of milder environmental conditions at the beginning of the Holocene. Hunter-gatherer soc…
Bridging the Late Antique Gap in Northwest Arabia
Open AccessJérôme Rohmer, Abdulrahman Abdulaziz Alsuhaibani et al.ARTICLEArabian archaeology and epigraphy2025References: 4
In 2019, the Dadan Archaeological Project (CNRS/RCU/AFALULA) identified a Late Antique village 1 km south of ancient Dadan in the al‐ʿUlā valley (northwest Saudi Arabia). Three excavation seasons at this site (2021–2023) have uncovered a massive building constructed in the late third or early fourth cent. CE —likely over a former Minaean settlement of the third–first cent. BCE —and used until the first half of the seventh cent. CE . These excavat…
New Sediment Record of Late Pleistocene-Holocene Wind Dynamics, Hydro-Sedimentary Processes and Climate Change in the al-Hajar Mountains (Oasis of Masafi, UAE)
Open AccessLouise Purdue, Sophie Costa et al.ARTICLEOpen Quaternary2025Cited by: 1
In arid environments, continental records of climate change are rare. In southeast Arabia, where most of the landscape is dominated by the ophiolithic al-Hajar mountains, palaeoclimatic data are mainly derived from sedimentary records on the piedmonts. In the mountains themselves, where human occupation could have prevailed during periods of climatic stress, sedimentary archives are weakly preserved. Recent studies have revealed the existence of …